Christmas with Freshly Made Sketches #162

Hey there my Stampin' friends,

Thank you for dropping in today!  I don't know where the time has passed since I last blogged.  Where have I been?

Well, I have stamped at 2 private parties - it is always fun to meet some great new stampin' friends - and hockey, hockey, hockey!  All three of my boys are right in the midst of their hockey season!  I have to admit, I LOVE to watch them play!  

Well, you stopped by to see a new card from me.....and I have a Christmas card to show you today.  I decided to get into the grove using the great sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches!  This is a good one!

I knew I wanted to use the stampset Merry Everything.  And I knew that I wanted to use the stamp "A Very Merry Everything  to you and Yours" - I think it is perfect for the chalkboard technique!  This set is awesome to have...I have used it for Thanksgiving, Halloween and now Christmas.  It even has a matching punch!  

 I started with a Real Red card base and layered it up with Whisper White embossed using the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder - I think it looks like snow!  I added a strip of Red Glimmer paper to add some sparkle to my card.  

I stamped my image onto Basic Black Cardstock and used my Scalloped Tag Punch to make it into a tag.  I wanted to use this punch because it is wider then the Note Tag Punch that is a perfect match to the set.

I used the smallest star in the Star Framelit set and used my mini star punch from my Mini Merry Punches set.  I finished my card off with a little ribbon bow.

 

Be sure to stop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to see all of the fabulous creations!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

 

Teacher thank you!

Hello there!  So glad you stopped by!

I have been having SO much trouble posting lately!  I think I have it all sorted out!  Turns out I needed a different search engine - who knew!

Anyway, I have some card to show you that I wanted to post for you last week - the last week of school for my brude....better late than never I hope you'll say.

So here is a simple thank you card - chalkboard inspired - I just love that technique!  I used very teacher traditional colours (red, white and black) and the must have thank you set, Lots of Thanks!  I rounded my corners and added some of that wonderful chevron ribbon.  I cut it in half length wise and with the two pieces....wrapped one around and one was for my tie.  

The A+ stamp is from an old set that I just had to keep for my collection, perfect for cards like this and all those school scrapbook pages I have been meaning to do!  

Happy Stampin!

Tammy

The Paper Player's Valentine's Challenge #179

Hello my Stampin' Friends!

I have another Valentine's card for you today.  This time I decided to participate in The Paper Player's Challenge #179 and this one is WAY outside of my comfort zone - a one layer card!  What!  I have never attempted that before.  But hey, that's what challenges are all about...aren't they?

I decided on the Chalkboard look.  But I have to confess I did add a little, but only a little, extra detail.  I used some ribbon and 3 tiny little Cherry Cobbler hearts....I just couldn't resist.

I am loving the 'hand drawn' looking hearts from the Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set.  I thought that they would look great in 'chalk'!  I also used the Yippee-Skippee Stamp Set for the sentiment.  I thought that worked well in 'Chalk' too.

Here is my card........

Here is a close up of the chalk effect.  I did this using the Whsiper White Craft Ink and a sponge.

I love adding some detail to the inside of my cards.  There is that heart again - LOVE it!

Well, what do you think?  I'd love to hear.

The supplies I used are...........

Basic Black Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock

Whisper White Craft Ink

Cherry Cobbler Ink

Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set

Yippee-Skippee Stamp Set

Chalk Marker from the Holiday Catalogue

Cherry Cobbler Ribbon

Owl Builder Punch for the hearts

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy